Good point. I was assuming (from my idiosyncratic context) that I knew that "Binswanger" was in there, and the only question was whether it had a> BX se Binswanger{cr|lf] >> ... Where does that get you? You haven't determined whether string "Binswanger" exists at all -- only whether "Binswanger " exists. The idea, I thought, was to insert a carriage return where none existed! or not after it. Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx